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From ashes to beauty Deacon James Bryant 9 March 2017 The synergy of wisdom, understanding, and knowledge functioning together is set forth many times in both the Old and New Testaments. Wisdom, understanding, and knowledge, implicit in all three of thes...
This is their betrayal Saint Symeon the New Theologian 8 March 2017 People who are ambitious, who love the flesh and money, can’t bear any threat, any ridicule, any disdain on the part of other people, any deprivation or financial loss. This is why they betray the h...
The legitimate struggle Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 8 March 2017 When John the Forerunner was in jail, he sent two of his disciples to ask Christ: “Are you the one who was to come or should we expect someone else? Jesus replied: Go back and report to John what yo...
‘This is the faith of the Apostles, this is the faith of the Fathers, this is the faith of the Orthodox, this is the faith which has supported the whole world’ Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian 8 March 2017 On the first Sunday of Great Lent, our Church celebrates the triumph of Orthodoxy, of the true faith, which has overcome all heresies and has been established once and for all. This is why it’s called...
We should chastise ourselves Saint Theophan the Recluse 7 March 2017 The first step towards pride is vainglory, that is the feeling that I’m something. The second is self-importance, that is the feeling than not only am I something, but something important before God...
40 Day Challenge: Week 2 Archbishop of Canada Sotirios 7 March 2017 The response to our 40 Day Challenge has been excellent … and encouraging. We are heartened that this initiative has been received so well -- Glory be to God! Last week, the focus was on Fasting and ...
They can be saved or damaged Elder Ieronymos, Aegina 6 March 2017 The devil tries in every possible way to harm priests, because thousands can benefit and be saved by one holy priest, just as thousands can be harmed and destroyed by one who doesn’t struggle....
The Council in TruIlo: Monogamy and the Ordained Priesthood Fr. John H. Erickson 6 March 2017 Why can't priests and deacons marry after ordination? Why shouldn't widowed priests be permitted to remarry? What happens if a priest gets divorced? Why doesn't the Church "restore" a married episcopa...
It’s hell Saint Justin Popovich 5 March 2017 Unless the truth is Christ, I don’t need it. It’s pure hell. So is justice, love, the beautiful and good, happiness, even God Himself. They’re all hell if they’re not Christ. I don’t want love witho...
God and Science Archpriest Gregory Hallam 5 March 2017 It has become a truism for many in the West that faith and science belong to two conflicting world views. An atheist will say that science is rational, based on empirical observation and self-correcti...
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